Teleplay

Word TELEPLAY
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈtɛləˌpleɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Teleplay"

What do we mean by teleplay?

A play written or adapted for television. noun

A script, or screenplay, intended for a television show rather than a movie noun

(authorship) A script formatted like a screenplay, but written to be made into an episode of a television show.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Teleplay

The word "teleplay" in example sentences

I’ve got high hopes for this, not least of all because the teleplay is by Suzan-Lori Parks, who won the Pulitzer for the play Topdog/Underdog. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Is there some sort of WGA distinction between a credit reading "teleplay" or simply "writer" or "written by"? ❋ Rogers (2008)

In 1957, he made his feature film directorial debut with the critically acclaimed 12 Angry Men, an adaptation of the teleplay of the same name about 12 men on a jury who deliberate the guilt and innocence of a defendant based on reasonable doubt. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The talent behind the scenes is just as impressive, with a teleplay by Paul Abbott Touching Evil, Shameless and direction by David Yates, who went on to direct the latter-day Harry Potter blockbusters. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I'm been over a decade since I last did a teleplay, I realized suddenly. ❋ Grrm (2010)

It's too long and too expensive, but that's true of every first draft teleplay and screenplay that I ever wrote. ❋ Grrm (2010)

Last teleplay had to be for Beauty and the Beast, right? ❋ Grrm (2010)

In the 1950's teleplay Twelve Angry Men, a jury was ready to convict an innocent defendant until a lone holdout changed everybody's mind. ❋ RJ (2011)

The screenwriters made some very wise decisions, and it could almost be a self-contained course in how to turn a book into a teleplay. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was funny too, with hilarious cameos by Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek, but the director really made it his own. jason b ya that jose chung episode was guided by the teleplay far more than bowman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was nominated for an Oscar in 1962 for his role in director Frank Capra's last film, "Pocketful of Miracles," and he won an Emmy for the 1962 teleplay "The Price of Tomatoes." ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

He wrote the Star Trek episode 'The Enemy Within', considered one of the best. [citation needed] In 1973, Matheson earned an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his teleplay for The Night Stalker, one of two TV movies written by Matheson that preceded the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. ❋ Z0mbieastronaut (2009)

We tend to credit the director, even when they aren't the screenwriter (or in this case, the teleplay writer) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Novelists, bloggers, screen and teleplay writers, journalists -- if we don't start hanging together, then, as Benjamin Franklin said, assuredly we shall all hang separately. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Non-credentialed citizens at the Democratic convention in Denver will be directed to a fenced in portion of "Parking Lot A," several football-field lengths away from the Pepsi Center, where the party will produce a late-August teleplay in honor of Barack Obama. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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